Safing Portmaster

Source Safing Portmaster Wiki

The use case for Portmaster is to improve privacy and security by blocking trackers and advertisements and managing connections on the device. Security can be improved with secure DNS, firewall, and monitoring.

When making changes in Portmaster, it is recommended to use default and global settings for all applications and slowly make small configurations if needed.

User Interface Features

• Status of protection
• Safing Privacy Network (SPN) - multiple identities for each app, geo unblocks
• Navigation - information, notifications, menu, tools, start/shutdown
• Side dashboard - view of applications
• Network activity
  • Filter, menus
  • Connections and their details
• Settings

Example Set up

• Install
• See documentation on Portmaster DNS Configuration and CIRA DNS Encryption with DNS over TLS (DoT) help
• Set up DNS server using CIRA below or using “Quick Settings” for cloudflare with malware protection

# CIRA Malware and phishing protection example
dot://protected.canadianshield.cira.ca?ip=149.112.121.20&name=cira&blockedif=zeroip
dot://protected.canadianshield.cira.ca?ip=149.112.122.20&name=ciratwo&blockedif=zeroip

# Cloudfare malware protection
dot://cloudflare-dns.com?ip=1.1.1.2&name=Cloudflare&blockedif=zeroip
dot://cloudflare-dns.com?ip=1.0.0.2&name=Cloudflare&blockedif=zeroip

• Choose most filter lists:
  • [x] Ads & Trackers
  • [x] Malware
  • [x] Deception
  • [x] Mixed Ads/Trackers/Malware
  • Big Tech as needed
  • Experimental
    • Windows Spy Blocker
  • [x] Unbreak Popular Websites
• If using Portmaster and Secure DNS with an application like Firefox, you can disable it in the application